1944 Knoxville Smokies/Mobile Bears Statistics
Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 63-74
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Bill Lewis (63-74)
Location: Mobile, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium, Hartwell Field
Attendance: 115,434, Avg. 1,685
1944 Knoxville Smokies/Mobile Bears RosterTeam Record: 63-74
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Bill Lewis (63-74)
Location: Mobile, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium, Hartwell Field
Attendance: 115,434, Avg. 1,685
The Knoxville Smokies/Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 63 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.Knoxville (31-36) moved to Mobile July 5, at the first half, first home game July 14.
Bill Lewis served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thomas | 17 | 9 | .654 | 4.67 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 237.0 | 309 | 149 | 123 | 50 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ivy Andrews | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.50 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 130.0 | 171 | 87 | 65 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Kearney | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.43 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 131.0 | 172 | 88 | 79 | 59 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lee Pfund | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.06 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 66 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.40 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 92 | 59 | 44 | 64 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Vernon Godfredsen | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.09 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 125 | 94 | 73 | 83 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Hubert Brown | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.97 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Abe White | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.76 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 | 56 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stanley Ogden | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.79 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 62 | 32 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nicholas Ellis | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 47.0 | 63 | 47 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ed Blake | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andrew Doyle | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Baker | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parker Garner | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Rebel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 7 | 15.0 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Larry Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 2 | 4.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| William Thomason | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.43 | 3 | 7.0 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 69 | .461 | 4.77 | 246 | 131 | 53 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 1046.0 | 1258 | 711 | 554 | 0 | 419 | 0 | 376 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Collins | 118 | 527 | 456 | 75 | 154 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 14 | 66 | 23 | .338 | .421 | .410 | .832 | 187 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Joe Benning | 132 | 557 | 492 | 74 | 147 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 51 | 27 | .299 | .376 | .402 | .779 | 198 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Art Rebel | 84 | 342 | 297 | 53 | 96 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 38 | 19 | .323 | .404 | .428 | .831 | 127 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| David Danaher | 74 | 324 | 290 | 53 | 84 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 18 | .290 | .360 | .397 | .757 | 115 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Lewis | 80 | 274 | 217 | 44 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 53 | 10 | .336 | .469 | .461 | .929 | 100 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph Gonzalez | 56 | 244 | 202 | 45 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 38 | 30 | .327 | .438 | .480 | .918 | 97 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Harry Chozen | 69 | 228 | 218 | 15 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .266 | .292 | .307 | .599 | 67 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Garrett McBryde | 36 | 154 | 135 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 13 | .348 | .425 | .452 | .877 | 61 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Art Frantz | 40 | 156 | 140 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 21 | .300 | .355 | .414 | .770 | 58 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ted Mueller | 31 | 127 | 108 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 12 | .287 | .389 | .398 | .787 | 43 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Martin | 43 | 136 | 113 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 20 | .274 | .388 | .460 | .848 | 52 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Hawkins | 44 | 184 | 157 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 30 | .197 | .296 | .236 | .532 | 37 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| William Thomas | 51 | 115 | 105 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .257 | .284 | .267 | .551 | 28 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Edward Patrow | 17 | 71 | 57 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .281 | .414 | .298 | .713 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Bell | 23 | 92 | 84 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .190 | .253 | .214 | .467 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harrison Anderson | 12 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .341 | .383 | .409 | .792 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ivy Andrews | 21 | 56 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .220 | .291 | .260 | .551 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vernon Godfredsen | 36 | 49 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .217 | .265 | .239 | .504 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Drake | 15 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .237 | .310 | .289 | .599 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Kearney | 26 | 57 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .154 | .228 | .154 | .382 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Gibbs | 9 | 20 | 20 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Newhouser | 9 | 25 | 25 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Marsh | 6 | 25 | 25 | 4 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | 22 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .277 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nicholas Ellis | 10 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Abe White | 8 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Pfund | 11 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .217 | .190 | .408 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Genora Zini | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| William Anderson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Blake | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Doyle | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hubert Brown | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Stanley Ogden | 19 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .056 | .105 | .167 | .272 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Thomason | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1136 | 4010 | 3517 | 520 | 1006 | 190 | 37 | 11 | 454 | 54 | 0 | 409 | 336 | .286 | .366 | .370 | .736 | 1303 | 0 | 32 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Mueller | 1B | 31 | 265 | 23 | 6 | 19 | .980 | 9.290 | ||||
| Steve Collins | 2B | 112 | 316 | 399 | 26 | 67 | .965 | 6.384 | ||||
| Joe Benning | 3B | 113 | 111 | 201 | 25 | 10 | .926 | 2.761 | ||||
| Harrison Anderson | 3B | 12 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Bill Lewis | C | 70 | 234 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 3.843 | 1 | |||
| Harry Chozen | C | 63 | 205 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 3.794 | 1 | |||
| Frank Martin | C | 18 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 2.944 | 0 | |||
| Art Rebel | OF | 76 | 126 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .937 | 1.750 | ||||
| David Danaher | OF | 73 | 144 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .937 | 2.041 | ||||
| Joseph Gonzalez | OF | 54 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.611 | ||||
| Garrett McBryde | OF | 35 | 86 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .921 | 2.657 | ||||
| Larry Drake | OF | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.083 | ||||
| Frank Martin | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 44 | 19 | 54 | 4 | 3 | .948 | 1.659 | ||||
| Vernon Godfredsen | P | 32 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Charles Kearney | P | 26 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.192 | ||||
| Nicholas Vucovich | P | 20 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| Ivy Andrews | P | 20 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Stanley Ogden | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Jake Baker | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Pfund | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Nicholas Ellis | P | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Hubert Brown | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Abe White | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Parker Garner | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Anderson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Doyle | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Thomason | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Blake | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Rebel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Lewis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Hawkins | SS | 44 | 71 | 128 | 17 | 29 | .921 | 4.523 | ||||
| Art Frantz | SS | 40 | 82 | 89 | 24 | 18 | .877 | 4.275 | ||||
| Edward Patrow | SS | 14 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .932 | 4.857 | ||||
| Jack Bell | SS | 14 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 8 | .890 | 4.643 | ||||
| Joe Benning | SS | 11 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 4.636 | ||||
| Totals | 1049 | 1938 | 1258 | 172 | 183 | .949 | 3.047 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
